Things Fall ApartThat year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable, rotten yams. A man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself. Okonkwo remembered that tragic year with a lifelong chill. He was always surprised, when he thought about it later, that he didn't sink under the weight of despair. He knew he was a fierce fighter, but that year had been enough to break a lion's heart. “Since I survived that year,” he always said, “I will survive anything. » He attributed it to his inflexible will. His father, Unoka, then a sick man, had said to him during that terrible harvest month: “Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a virile and proud heart. A proud heart can survive general failure because such failure does not sting its pride. It is harder and more bitter when a man fails alone. "The passages above are taken from the end of Chapter Three, Part One. After finishing reading this book and then skimming through it, I found these passages very ironic in the way the story unfolds. is ultimately over Okonkwo believed that because he was such a fierce fighter, he could defeat whatever life threw at him. However, it was his fierce, proud and combative attitude that ultimately led to his demise in the face of difficulties. uncontrollable circumstances. Okonkwo believed that war and brutal fighting would solve everything. He was a proud and stubborn man who constantly fought to improve his position within the tribal community. Okonkwo was also very proud of his tribe and his way of life. life He believed that this was the right way of life and should not be questioned. Everyone was supposed to fear war with Umofia because of their fierce warriors and their greatness in battle. As white men not only did not fear them, but openly threatened the tribal way of life, Okonkwo prepared to handle the situation the only way he knew how. He wanted to go to war against the new white invaders, drive them from tribal lands and end the threat of different ways of life. The passage ends with "it is harder and more bitter when a man fails alone..